Out Of The Garden and On The Road

Yesterday was spent travelling the 200+ kilometres from home to the city, where I will be spending a couple of days. That means I will be suffering from garden withdrawal symptoms for a short time.

Canola in the distance

On the trip down south I was astounded by how green the paddocks were, except for those where Canola crops are in flower.

It was a cloudy overcast day, with occasional burst of sunlight, and those patches of sunshine always seemed to have picked out these Canola crops. The bright yellow colour was at times incredibly bright.

With the wattle trees along the sides of the roads also in bloom at this time, and patches of soursob in some places, the countryside is predominantly various shades of green, from the crops of wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans, and the yellows of the plants mentioned earlier.

This is a huge contrast from the browns and pale  straw coloured yellows of summer and autumn.

It's amazing what some rain will do. And this year's rains have been good, with the farmers at this stage looking to have bumper crops. Some have been trying to make sure that their crops get the best chance of great production by having them sprayed by air. I saw at least 3 crop dusting planes in action on my trip.

It won't be long and the crops will be starting to dry, and the roads will be busy with grain trucks heading to and from the silos.

It'll be back to the garden in a few days, no doubt to pick some more peas, and check how well things have grown.